State v. Jordan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sac District Court. The defendant was indicted and tried for the crime of larceny in stealing two colts, the property of one Stewart Having been convicted, he appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Oh. J.
1. LAKOENY • evidence ex-plammgpossession: -I. The evidence showed that the colts in question disappeared from the pasture of their owner, Stewart, in Sac county, and a few days later were in * */ * o the possession of the defendant and one ThompL % A son, in Qrawford county, and were exchanged by the defendant to one Evarts for a bay mare and $25. Just before the colts were taken to Evarts they had been in the pasture of one Myers, and were taken therefrom to Evarts by the defendant and Thompson. Who put the colts in Myers’ pasture does not appear. The defendant testified that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
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